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Pitted \Pit"ted\ (p[i^]t"t[e^]d), a.
1. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See {Pit}, v. t.,
2.
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2. (Bot.) Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the
vascular parts of vegetable tissue.
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Pit \Pit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pitting}.]
1. To place or put into a pit or hole.
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They lived like beasts, and were pitted like beasts,
tumbled into the grave. --T. Grander.
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2. To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a
face pitted by smallpox.
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3. To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a
contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
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